On October 10, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the authorities held a large-scale military parade in Pyongyang. Kim Jong-un burst into tears during his speech. (Image source: North Korean official coal)
[See China News on June 5, 2021]North KoreaAt the leaderKim Jong-unUnder the authoritarian rule of China, life was miserable.According to a new report from a South Korean think tank, North Korea is currently short of 1.2 million tons of food, and many people are inMalnutritionSome people change things from sellers in exchange for food, and even the tragic situation of the whole family starving to death has triggered fears about North Korea from the outside world.famineWorries.
On June 3, the Korea Development Institute pointed out that it is certain that North Korea is currently experiencing a food crisis, and many families are facing malnutrition or food shortages. The agency alleged that North Koreans are now selling their only supplies in exchange for food to fill their stomachs, and people are selling all their basic family assets to buy food. Such things are unsustainable and must be resolved by immediate action.
According to the report of the research institute, the output of North Korea’s food crops was slightly less than 4 million tons last year. If the country’s population of nearly 26 million is to be maintained, about 5.2 million tons of food are needed.
There are multiple reasons for the reduction in food production in North Korea. Firstly, the severe weather last year, a strong typhoon and floods destroyed many crops; secondly, during the COVID-19 epidemic, the authorities closed the border with China and prevented the staple food. , Crop fertilizers, and imports of replacement parts for domestic agricultural machinery.
Song Young-chae, an activist of the NGO Global Alliance to Stop the Korean Massacre, said in an interview with The Telegraph that we learned from informants that the North Korean people are suffering and that they are dying.
Song Yongcai said that the famine they are currently experiencing is directly caused by poor economic management; on the other hand, money is spent on manufacturing nuclear weapons and missiles. Although South Korea has offered to provide food and other assistance, North Korea has not responded.
This South Korean think tank’s report has confirmed the statements of organizations such as the World Food Program (WFP), and other organizations have quoted internal North Korean sources as saying that in some North Korean entire families have been starved to death.
Previously, the World Food Program estimated that before North Korea closed its borders and expelled all aid agencies last year, 10.3 million people (more than 40% of the country’s total population) were already malnourished. There are even reports that many North Korean soldiers are weakened due to starvation, and some have defected, rendering the entire army ineffective.
Kim Jong-un compares the dilemma with the famine of the 1990s
On April 8, when Kim Jong-un attended the closing ceremony of the Labor Party Congress, he stated that he was determined to lead party organizations at all levels to carry out a more arduous “ascetic march”. There will be many obstacles and difficulties in front of us. Therefore, in order to implement the eighth party The decision of the Congress, our struggle will not be smooth sailing.
In fact, this is the first time that Kim Jong Un has compared the current economic dilemma with the famine of the 1990s, which caused hundreds of thousands or even millions of deaths. His rare statement this time has attracted international attention.
Kim Jong-un also said before that due to various factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, international sanctions and last year’s natural disasters, North Korea is facing the worst situation in its history. Foreign observers claim that this is the biggest test Kim Jong Un has faced since he took office.
From January 5 to 6, Kim Jong-un held the 8th National Congress of the Workers’ Party in the capital Pyongyang, and in front of more than 7,000 officials and representatives at all levels, he confessed that the economic policy of the past five years was facing defeat in all fields. .
An elite defector who claimed to be from North Korea analyzed that Kim Jong-un would actually wear a people’s uniform instead of a suit at the party conference. The general people’s uniform gave people an impression of work and labor, thus highlighting the interior of North Korea. I am afraid that we are facing a very difficult situation.
North Korean Beggar Corps
On December 19, 2018, a source from Liangjiang Road revealed to DailyNK that people in Huishan City immediately took refuge when they saw soldiers from the 12th Army. Due to the country’s economic crisis, the troops were unable to obtain supplies normally, causing the soldiers of the 12th Army to look like an army of beggars.
“These soldiers are stealing and plundering in groups, and deceiving the people. If they are protested, they will fight. Therefore, the people call them the’beggar force’ or the’Makhno gang’.”
According to sources, some soldiers still steal Chinese leather shoes barefoot and are more often suspected of various criminal acts such as theft or rape. Sources analyzed that these soldiers would commit such crimes mainly because the environment is too harsh, and if they do not steal and rob, they may not survive.
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